ROME -- The inaugural RomaFictionFest will kick off next month with a 140-program lineup of telefilms, miniseries and serials that includes 29 world premieres, organizers are set to reveal Tuesday.
The July 2-7 event -- the second major new festival in the Italian capital in as many years -- boasts a program that includes such high-profile productions as the €30 million ($40.5 million) adaptation of "War & Peace," directed by Robert Dornhelm and starring Malcolm McDowell. The 400-minute world premiere will air overnight beginning July 6 and continuing into the early hours of the following day.
The festival will be the world's largest television fiction festival, according to organizers, both in terms of its lineup and participation from the public, which will be allowed to attend the screenings free of charge.
Other high-profile world premieres include "Eine Einzige Tablette" (Side Effects), from German director Adolf Winkelmann, a two-part miniseries on pharmaceuticals that result in birth defects -- a set of programs banned in Germany.
The July 2-7 event -- the second major new festival in the Italian capital in as many years -- boasts a program that includes such high-profile productions as the €30 million ($40.5 million) adaptation of "War & Peace," directed by Robert Dornhelm and starring Malcolm McDowell. The 400-minute world premiere will air overnight beginning July 6 and continuing into the early hours of the following day.
The festival will be the world's largest television fiction festival, according to organizers, both in terms of its lineup and participation from the public, which will be allowed to attend the screenings free of charge.
Other high-profile world premieres include "Eine Einzige Tablette" (Side Effects), from German director Adolf Winkelmann, a two-part miniseries on pharmaceuticals that result in birth defects -- a set of programs banned in Germany.
- 6/12/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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